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    Yeah, what Tiffany said. If you approach a situation expecting to lose, you will lose. You will defeat yourself. You can tackle the challenge head on and win, or you can assume you will be beaten and have your prophecy be self-fulfilling. I was diagnosed in the summer of 2000. My job at the time required me to travel and meet with customers. I continued...
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    I eat quinoa as an alternative carbohydrate source a couple of times a month. I do not have any trouble eating it. It is possible that you are intolerant to it, but I have not known of anybody with a quinoa intolerance. An allergy is also possible. I prepare it by rinsing the grain to ensure that all of the naturally occurring saporin is removed, and then...
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    Coffee, bacon & Baileys covers three important food groups: caffeine, fat and alcohol. Bon apetit! :lol: Hoping Lyle feels better quickly.
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    If you are shopping for food, Loblaws supermarkets tend to have a good selection of gluten-free items in their stores. They operate under other names as well, including Canadian Superstore and Zehr's. Look in the health food section. Web site with store locator: Open Original Shared Link The Keg is a steakhouse and seafood chain with locations across Canada...
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    The shells are gluten-free in Canada. We use them regularly. Old El Paso is a General Mills brand. General Mills will always clearly disclose by name in the ingredients any gluten source in the product. If you don't see wheat, rye, barley or oats by those names, they aren't there.
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    Where have all the psillies gone? It is very quiet here the last few days.
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    Despite recurring rumors, MSG is *NOT* a source of gluten. In the US, if any grain (including all the gluten-containing grains) is added to a meat product, it must always be explicitly labeled.
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    Good morning, pholks! :) Tis Phriday, which matters to many. Phor me, Saturday is the last day of the usual work week. Up here in Canada, Thanksgiving is this Monday, so this is the last loooong weekend of the year. Holy Cow! Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize! Most of the West Coast is gorgeous. Then there is LA.
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    An endoscopy of a person who is following the gluten-free diet should show no abnormalities. Celiac disease will only present villous atrophy if the subject is eating gluten in quantity on a frequent basis.
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    An influx of gluten just before an endoscopy would not make much difference. It takes considerable time for the antibodies to do measurable damage to the villi. If she has been eating a "normal" diet loaded with gluten on a regular basis then the conditions should be right for a meaningful result.
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    I'm prepared to assume that there is no 50-year-old MSG left in any food manufacturer's inventory.
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    Even if it doesn't work, it is a lot of phun trying.
  13. psawyer
    Coffee? Coffee? I want gin!
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    Celiac IgA Serum Units mg/dL (68-378) 209 I believe this is the total serum IgA test. It is not specific to celiac disease. 209 is within the reference range, indicating your immune system is functioning, and is producing normal levels of antibodies overall. If this value was below 68, it would mean that a negative on the next two (IgA) tests could well...
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    Hi there, neighbour, You don't say what your other food allergies are, so I'm a bit in the dark. Bovril bouillon concentrate powder (in foil pouches) is gluten-free in both chicken and beef (we use it). Bovil liquid chicken concentrate is gluten-free, but the beef is NOT. Bovril is by Knorr, which is a Unilever company. Unilever will always clearly...
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    Unsafe ingredients: https://www.celiac.com/articles/182/1/Unsaf...ents/Page1.html Safe ingredients: https://www.celiac.com/articles/181/1/Safe-...ents/Page1.html An excellent book is Gluten-Free Diet - A Comprehensive Resource Guide by Shelley Case. Open Original Shared Link The focus of the book is the US and Canada. A number of food companies have...
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    Yes, I am quite sure. Recent information from multiple sources that I trust agree on this. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is gluten-free.
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    There is a lot of misinformation, and the MSG myth is one of those cases. MSG is avoided by many people for various reasons, but it is NOT a source of gluten. Never has been.
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    They're hooters. G'morning, psillies.
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    [img=http://www.smileyshut.com/smileys/new/8_1_223%5B1%5D.gif] Produces: Which is what c-m has in her sig.
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    Celiac disease is a distinct and different condition from a wheat allergy. They are independent. You can have both, only one, or neither. A celiac eating gluten will incur slow damage to the body. The risk of other diseases, including cancer, increases. A wheat allergy will trigger an immediate reaction to wheat, and in severe cases it can be life-threatening...
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    The person you spoke with is very misinformed. Your ttG is four times the positive level; your IgA is three times the positive level. I am not a doctor, but I would take both of those as definite positives. Celiac can not be ruled in or out based on colonoscopy results. That requires an endoscopy. The prep needed for an endoscopy is a subset of the...
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    OMG! I'm seeing pink gorillas, and I haven't touched a drop (yet).
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    I am here, not over the moon. Jacquie has collected dozens of small phunny images onto our photobucket page. The cat on the moon is just one of them. I put a link using the We started on a big makeover at the store today. Most of it is now done. We moved over seventy feet of shelf space and rebuilt two 8-foot units of racking. There are two now...
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